Douglas Dam
Douglas Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the French Broad River in Sevier County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The dam is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, which built the dam in record time in the early 1940s to meet emergency energy demands at the height of World War II.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alder Branch and Shady Grove.
Alder Branch
Hamlet
Alder Branch is an unincorporated community in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. It is accessible via State Route 338, outside of the city of Sevierville. Alder Branch is situated 3 miles south of Douglas Dam.
Shady Grove
Hamlet
Shady Grove is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States. Shady Grove is situated 3½ miles east of Douglas Dam.
Beech Springs
Hamlet
Beech Springs is an unincorporated community in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. Accessible by Tennessee Secondary Primary Route 139, it lies just south of Kodak. Beech Springs is situated 4½ miles west of Douglas Dam.
Douglas Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States of America
- Category: hydroelectric power station
- Location: Sevier, Tennessee, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
35.96147° or 35° 57′ 41″ north
Longitude
-83.53848° or 83° 32′ 19″ west
Elevation
938 feet (286 metres)
Operator
Tennessee Valley Authority
Open location code
867RXF66+HJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Douglas Dam” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Presa de Douglas”
- Cebuano: “Douglas Dam”
- Chinese: “道格拉斯大坝”
- Dutch: “Douglasdam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد دوجلاس”
- Italian: “diga di Douglas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Douglas-demningen”
- Norwegian: “Douglas-demningen”
- Ukrainian: “ГЕС Дуглас”
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